Cakes and balloons are often seen when celebrating special occasions, but a more heart-warming celebration symbol is a flower. Flowers are for everyone and for whatever the occasion is—be it Valentine’s day, Mother’s Day, anniversary, birthday, graduation day or even if you just want to make someone happy. Flowers are like chocolates, it brightens up and relieves stress of a certain person when given one.
Dangwa is the popular flower market in Manila. Yes, the flowers there are cheap but not all the flower stores have an online shop that will add convenience in purchasing one. Since the advent of the Internet and social media combined, most people nowadays transact online even if they just wanted to buy flowers.
I did remember my dad who ordered a dozen of flowers online for my mom during Valentine’s day. My dad is with us in Subic, and my mom is in Manila that time. And since then, it became like his vow to send my mom a dozen of flowers. I was curious on where did he buy flowers online. My dad didn’t tell me where but he gave me pointers on where to buy flowers in Manila through online transactions and the following are his pointers:
- Price range. Sure there are a list of popular online flower shop but one of the things that one should consider is its affordability. My dad equates affordable flower delivery in Manila to free delivery anywhere in Manila. When you search online, most of the online flower shops nowadays offer free delivery services. There are few that charge delivery fee but to a minimal amount.
- Delivery time. Aside from price, how fast a delivery take is what makes a flower business the best flower shop in Manila. Yes, there are a lot of online flower shop that offers flowers for less than the amount than their competitors do but the accuracy of delivery date is crucial. Someone may not appreciate the flowers if it is delivered late; for example, it is requested to be delivered at 10:00 AM but it was delivered at 6:00 PM. The person that will be receiving the flower might be out of office that time. If I received the flower the following day, the flowers might be beginning to wither. I, for sure, will appreciate it less. Another pointer that you need to consider is that there are flower shops that guarantees delivery within 3 hours after purchase, and there are also others that do not deliver after 6:00 PM.
- User-friendly website. Since you intend to transact online, it is better to look for shops that do not require online registration if you are in a hurry to buy one and if you would do it as a one-time transaction. However, if you are a regular customer, it is better to register online so that you will be aware of the ongoing promos that they have. Another thing to note is the mode of payment that is accepted online. While most of the payment method online is thru credit cards, other shops offer a wide range of payment options such as payment thru bank deposit, LBC branches, mall branches, PayMaya and others.
